Parts of Speech and Sentence Structure
This part of speech tells what the sentence is about.
Subject
This is the first part of any letter, usually starting with “Dear.”
Greeting
What poetic device compares two things using like or as?
Simile
In All Summer in a Day, this is the name of the girl the other children were unkind to.
Margot
Is there a specific order for Adjectives?
YES!
This persuasive technique appeals to logic using facts, statistics, and reasons. (Logos, Pathos, Egos)
Logos
"It's raining cats and dogs"
It is raining alot
This U.S. state is called “New York.”
New York
This part of a sentence contains the verb and tells what the subject does?
Predicate
This part of the letter tells the reader why you’re writing it
Opening line
This device gives human qualities to something that isn’t human, like “the wind whispered”
Personification
This is how often the sun appears on Venus in the story.
Seven Years
In "a beautiful old house," these are the two adjective categories being used, in order.
Opinion, Age
This persuasive technique appeals to emotion using feelings, stories, or vivid language. (Logos, Pathos, Egos)
Pathos
"Break the ice"
To start a convorsation
This shape has three sides and rhymes with “bri-angle.”
Triangle
In “a big red dog,” these are the two categories of adjectives being used, in this order.
Size and Colour
This is what we called the letter that gets sealed and returned to you at the end of camp
Letter to my future self
this device is extremely exaggeration, like ”I’ve told you a million times”
Hyperbole
In the Disney short Piper, this is the animal that learns to overcome their fear of the ocean.
Sandpiper (Bird)
This category of adjectives usually comes right before the noun itself, describing what something is made of.
Material
This persuasive technique appeals to credibility, using trust, expertise, or character. (Logos, Pathos, Ethos)
Ethos
"Piece of cake"
Something is easy
This day comes after Monday and starts with “Tues.”
Tuesday
This part of a sentence contains the verb and tells what the subject does.
subordinate (dependent) clause
This part of the letter contains your opinion and makes up most of the letter
Body
What does “it’s raining cats and dogs” actually mean?
It’s raining heavily
The Acadians were settlers from this country.
France
Put these three adjectives in the correct order: Plastic, Blue, Small (describing a Pen)
The Small Blue Plastic Pen
"As a Doctor with 20 years of experience, I've seen this work firsthand" is an example of this persuasive technique. (Logos, Pathos, Ethos)
Ethos
"Cost an arm and a leg"
Something is very expensive
This famous tower in Paris is named after a guy called Eiffel.
The Eiffel Tower
This is the correct order for these three adjectives: Canadian, small, plastic
Small, Canadian, Plastic
These are the two things that come at the end of a letter
Closing and sign off
This device uses descriptive language to help the reader see, hear or feel something, like “the crisp autumn leaves crunched underfoot.”
Imagery
This is what happened to the Acadians when they were removed from their land by the British.
What is the correct order for these four categories: colour, size, origin, opinion
Opinion, Size, Color, Origin
"Imagine never being able to read a bedtime story to your child" is an example of this persuasive technique.
Pathos
"Let the cat out of the bag"
Reveal a secret
The animal on the Canadian quarter is a caribou. This animal is a caribou
Caribou